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Would you rebuild your home in an area that you knew was unsafe? Or would you move your family to safety, even if that meant losing your source of income?
This is the dilemma that countless families who lost their homes to Typhoon Haiyan now face. Across the Typhoon Haiyan-affected corridor, over 1.1...

Six months after Typhoon Haiyan swept through central Philippines, recovery efforts are still underway. The humanitarian community continues to focus on restoring people's homes and sources of income for a long-lasting recovery. But the progress remains fragile with millions of people still requiring...

At first glance, the people of Tacloban in the Central Philippines and Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR) have little in common. They are separated by continents and oceans, and share no common language or cultural heritage.
This changed at the end of 2013. Both cities were affected by massive...

Award-winning musician Pharrell Williams teamed-up with the UN Foundation on International Day of Happiness on 20 March to support the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). Fans were encouraged to submit videos to the tune of Pharrell’s chart-topping, worldwide hit ‘Happy’ and...

UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos has hailed the progress that has been made in areas devastated almost four months ago by Super Typhoon Haiyan. Speaking at the end of her visit to the Philippines – her third visit since Haiyan made its destructive landfall – she described some places as...